First Issue!

Hello, Internet.

Recently I've found I've been kinda going through the motions in life, all but neglecting some of my passions  such as writing, drawing and keeping up with current comic books to name a few.  There was a time when I made weekly trips to some beautiful St. Louis comic shops, picking up four to six titles at a time; if there was a mega-crossover event such as Infinite Crisis, or House of M it would jump up to eight or more.  After I lost my job in early 2010 I couldn't really sustain dropping forty bucks a week on comics. Around that time DC's New 52 launched, I decided was as good a time as any to cut the weekly ritual and eventually catch up with trade paperbacks. I guess writing and drawing slowly lost out to World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Minecraft, YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, as well as my current full time retail job.

This blog is my attempt at reclaiming some of those passions.  Its main purpose is to share my love for the comic as a medium, the modern superhero as a genre, and the accompanying fan culture.  I'll chronicle myself catching up with characters that I love, how some are being handled by new talent, discuss my favorite writers and artists at length, and maybe dig up a classic title every now and again to nerd-out over.  You'll find I like to talk about character arcs, Joseph Campbell's hero's journey, multiverse theory, and how comics are represented in mainstream media.

Can't wait to talk about the changes over the years to the X-Men and Spiderman. Though Superior Spiderman is over now I recently got through #16 and decided I should go back and check out writer, Dan Slott's run on Amazing. I'll eventually delve into  New 52 but I feel I have a lot to say about Marvel's current state aptly titled Marvel Now. I hope the faithful will forgive me for falling behind.